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The Complete Lyrics of P. G. Wodehouse
Barry Day
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Description for The Complete Lyrics of P. G. Wodehouse
Hardback. P.G. Wodehouse wrote hundreds of songs and was a key figure in the birth of the American stage musical, but this aspect of his career has been largely forgotten, overshadowed by his literary achievement. This collection presents the lyrics from almost 40 productions, with commentary on each one. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 285 x 223 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1700.
Although he wrote hundreds of songs and was a key figure in the birth of the American stage musical, P. G. Wodehouse's (1881-1975) long and influential career as a lyricist has been almost completely forgotten and unheralded - until now. Highly regarded by literati for his rich, sardonic Wooster and Jeeves books (among his more than ninety novels and volumes of short stories), Wodehouse broke new ground by writing songs that were cohesively integrated into the narrative action of musicals rather than presented as a string of unrelated tunes, which was the then-standard format. Particularly in the shows he wrote ... Read more
Although he wrote hundreds of songs and was a key figure in the birth of the American stage musical, P. G. Wodehouse's (1881-1975) long and influential career as a lyricist has been almost completely forgotten and unheralded - until now. Highly regarded by literati for his rich, sardonic Wooster and Jeeves books (among his more than ninety novels and volumes of short stories), Wodehouse broke new ground by writing songs that were cohesively integrated into the narrative action of musicals rather than presented as a string of unrelated tunes, which was the then-standard format. Particularly in the shows he wrote ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810849945
SKU
V9780810849945
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About Barry Day
Barry Day is the author or editor of numerous books and plays. In June 2004 he was awarded the O.B.E. in the Queen's birthday Honours List.
Reviews for The Complete Lyrics of P. G. Wodehouse
Before Larry Hart, only P. G. Wodehouse has made any assault on the intelligence of the song-listening public. . . . Larry always said he was 'inspired' by Wodehouse.
Richard Rodgers One day, in fifty, a hundred years' time, the words of Porter, Hart, Wodehouse, Gershwin, Coward, maybe a few of my own, will be published, recited, analyzed, codified. ... Read more
Richard Rodgers One day, in fifty, a hundred years' time, the words of Porter, Hart, Wodehouse, Gershwin, Coward, maybe a few of my own, will be published, recited, analyzed, codified. ... Read more